The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has re­tained the Damongo seat in the Savannah Region for the New Patriotic Party in the 2024 Parliamentary election.

He polled 16,222 valid votes to beat his main contender Adam Mutawakilu of the National Demo­cratic Congress (NDC), who secured 14,425 votes.

Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor Before the declaration, a group of disgruntled youth in Damongo, on Sunday afternoon set ablaze the local Electoral Commission (EC) office.

This followed hours of frustration over delays in announcing the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elec­tion results.